Ink-well.



No. 653,990. Patented July l7, I900. 0. V. FARRELL.

I N K W E L L.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

A 7TOHNE Ys NlTED STATES PATENT Demon,

oWEN vIoToR FARRELL, or DEPOSIT, NEW YORK.

INK-WELL.

1 SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 653,990, dated July 17, 1900.

Application filed December 7,1899- Serial No- 739,529. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, OWEN VICTOR FARRELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Deposit, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented a new andoperate to swing the cover of the neck portion to open position.

I will describe an ink-well embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a section, on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2,015 an ink-well embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body portion of the ink-well, which may be made of any suitable material, and as here shown it is ovoidal in outline, and the bottom 2 is inclined downward to the neck portion 3. The lower end of this neck portion extends below the bottom of the well and, its upper or month end extends above the plane of the body portion. The mouth portion is provided with a swinging cover 4, having an arm 5 removably engaging with a wire frame 6, which has its members extended along at opposite sides of the ink-well and connected by a cross-piece 7, which extends across the'upper side of the ink-well.

Pivotally connected to the portion 7 'of the frame'is a plate 8, which bears upon a bulb 9, of rubber or similar flexible material, said bulb being inserted in an opening in the top of the ink-well, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. From the end of the plate 8 forward of the bulb 9 arms 10 11 extend downward and connect with the side portions of the frame 6. The plate 8 has a forwardly-extended lug 12, adapted to engage with a plate or block 13, extended across the upper side of the inkwell, and it is secured to the ink-well by having its ends turned around a bead 14, formed on the upper edge of the well. This bar 1'3 is designed to prevent the plate 8 from being moved too far downward by pressure applied to it, and thus prevent a possible overflow of ink through the neck.

In operation by a person'placin g his fingers on the plate 8, as indicated in Fig. 1, and pressing gently downward the bulb 9 will cause a pressure of air within the well, which will force the ink upward into the mouth of the neck, as illustrated in Fig. l, and during this downward movement of the plate 8 the frame 6 will be swungdownward to move the cover 4 to itsopen position, so that while the fingers are still on the plate a pen maybe inserted into the ink, Upon removing the fingers from the plate the cover 4, which is suitably weighted, will swing to its closing position by gravity and move the frame 6 to its upward or normal position.

\Vhen it is desired to secure the cover in its open position forany length of time, a hook 14 on the bar 13 may be moved or turned into connection with the lip 12, thus holding the plate 8 downward, and consequently holding the cover in its open position.

By inclining the bottom 2 of the ink-well it is obvious that the ink will have a tendency to flow toward the outlet or neck, and therefore all of the ink may be used. When it is desired to fill the well with ink, the frame 6, with the plate 8, may be re moved, and then after removing the bulb 9 the ink may be poured through the opening for said bulb.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An ink-well, comprising a body portion and a neck portion, a bulb of flexible material arranged in an opening in the top of the body portion, a cover for the neck portion, a frame removably arranged on the well and having connection with an arm, extended from the cover, and a plate havingswinging connection with said frame and engaging with the bulb, a downward movement of said plate operating to compress the bulb and. also to open the cover of the neck portion, substantially as specified.

2. An ink-well, comprising a body portion and a neck portion, the bottom of the body 3. An ink-well, comprising a body portion and a neck portion, a cover for the neck portion, a frame removably mounted on the well and connected with an arm extended from the cover, a bulb of flexible material arranged in an opening in the top of the well, a plate pivoted to the frame and engaging with said bulb, a stop-bar extended over the well, and a locking device on said bar for engaging with the plate, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OWVEN VICTOR FARRELL.

Witnesses: EBENEZER DANFORTH OUMMING, SILAS G. BARNUM. 

